The Chute PTA will host an outdoor pizza party for all Chute students and caregivers to celebrate the start of the 2024-2025 school year!

Join us Wednesday, September 4th, from 5 – 7 PM. Bring a water bottle.

Cold water will be provided. Students must be accompanied by an adult.

Chute Spiritwear will be available for purchase (credit cards, Zelle, or cash accepted).

We are looking for volunteers to help us set up, serve pizza and clean up. To volunteer, please visit (Pizza Party Signup).

Chute will be hosting our annual Curriculum Night on September 19th from 6:30 - 8:00 PM. Families are invited to meet your child's/children's grade level teachers and hear about what they will be learning this year!

September 24th is picture day for 6th and 7th grade. Students will have their school picture and ID picture taken. If ordering pictures, your child will need to give their order form and money to the photographer. NO CHANGE is available, so please send exact amounts. You can also do online ordering at mylifetouch.com. The school ID is EVTD4BG9M.

Information for student Ventra cards for this school year.

A new volleyball club, Church&Dodge Volleyball, will have tryouts for 7th and 8th Grade Boys at Fleetwood 9/7/24 @3:00pm. See the attached flyer for details.

More than two decades of research have demonstrated the important role that social and emotional skills play in each child's success in school and in the community. Skills such as demonstrating self-control, persisting on challenging tasks, and making good decisions are all necessary to be successful students and adults. The process by which students learn these and similar skills is called social emotional learning (SEL). As part of our efforts to better support our students in developing positive social and emotional skills, we are using the SAEBRS SEL assessment for all students in grades K-8.

The SAEBRS assessment is a brief 19-question survey answered by your child's teacher for students in Kindergarten through 8th grade. If your child is in 2nd-8th grade they have the opportunity to complete the mySAEBRS survey, which asks them to self-assess using the same 19 questions their educator is answering. The purpose of SAEBRS and mySAEBRS is to identify which SEL skills your child has already learned and which skills they would still need to develop. Once our teachers identify the skills their students still need to learn, they will teach those SEL skills. Our goal is to ensure that your child continually develops the SEL skills they need for lifelong success. We believe that the information gathered with the SAEBRS and mySAEBRS assessment will be beneficial to your child's overall success both inside and outside of the classroom.

We are excited to implement SAEBRS this school year and continue to focus on whole children! If you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher.

Calling all middle school students: It’s time for debate! The D65 Debate Program, funded by District 65 and covering lunch and transportation costs, offers a structured environment where students can engage in competitive debate, learn to construct and defend arguments and develop their reasoning abilities. Since 2022, we’ve partnered with Argument Centered Education (ACE), a renowned organization dedicated to advancing debate and critical thinking skills, ensuring that our students receive high-quality instruction and mentorship. The program allows students to debate in teams or individually against teams from across the city of Chicago and Northwest Indiana.

Intellectual property rights is the national debate topic for this school year. D65 students will be given a set of files, along with other materials to prepare and practice for the tournaments (view 2024-2025 schedule).

Use the button below to register by September 14! If you have any questions or need assistance, please email Regina Colquitt, Director of Social Studies, at colquittr@district65.net.

BUTTON: Registration form

Come join Green STEAM Wednesdays 3:15-4:15pm in Room 313! Green STEAM connects Chute's garden with science, technology, engineering, art and math. We do sustainability projects, garden, cook delicious recipes with food we grew, do experiments, and create art. This school year we will be designing and making a mural for our butterfly garden next to the parking lot!

Our first band and orchestra meetings will be in the rehearsal room (105) on Friday 9/6 at the following times:

• 6th Grade Band: 3rd period
• 6th Grade Orchestra: 4th period
• 7th/8th Grade Band: 9th period
• 7th/8th Grade Orchestra: 10th period

Students will be called down to the intercom for these meetings. No instruments are needed, but students should bring their iPads.

Choir will begin on Monday September 9th! Rehearsals will be Mondays after school 3:15 - 4:15 PM. Students can ride the late bus if needed.

Meet in Room 102, the General Music Room.

Concerts are December 11th 7PM and May 13th 7PM. More details on the concerts and call time will be shared during rehearsals.

Email Mr. Przekota (Mr. P) with questions przekotam@district65.net

Wednesday SEPT 4TH, 3:15 afterschool in the auditorium.

Is your student interested in performing or what it takes to put on a show? Drama club is open to all students! Please contact Ms. Dardai at dardaid@district65.net if you have any questions. Students can just show up or stop by Ms. Dardai's room (110) to find out more information. Late bus is available.

Chute physical education uniform sales are ongoing. Please have your Chute student turn in their uniform order form to their PE teacher.

Order Form Link